An arrest has been made in connection with the fatal shooting of a Maplewood man found dead in the yard of a Union home according to a online media website that covers Union.
According to the website, the unidentified suspect was reportedly arrested early Friday evening.
Police responded to a home on the 800 block of Salem Road in Union shortly before 5 a.m. Tuesday to find the body of 25-year-old Matthew Murrell of Maplewood, in the yard according to authorities.
He was pronounced dead a short while later.
Anyone with information about this matter is being urged to contact Homicide Task Force Sgt. Johnny Ho at 908-403-8271 or Detective Rudolfo Correia at 908-418-5800.
Photo: Matthew Murrell (Facebook)